Within the cult of Wall Street that forged Mitt Romney, making money justifies any behavior, no matter how venal.
Matt Taibbi
What we have now is a situation where politicians get a whole bunch of money from mainly business interests. Then once they hold that office, they... →
The national debt is totally unlike a family budget for about a gazillion reasons, not the least of which being that families cannot raise money by... →
The average Tea Partier is sincerely against government spending - with the exception of the money spent on them.
The failure to work out sensible budgets makes it impossible for government agencies to make long-term plans, and instead leaves them scrambling to... →
Other than that one year, Salon has been very cautious about the way it spends money. For instance, since last year, we've had virtually no... →
David Talbot
On the other hand, we raised $25 million by going public. It's that money that we used to build this company, to build the circulation, to build... →
We have this culture of financialization. People think they need to make money with their savings rather with their own business. So you end up with... →
Nassim Nicholas Taleb
You are rich if and only if money you refuse tastes better than money you accept.
Individuals should think about the worst-case scenarios and plan for them. The world will be crazier than you think it will be. Put money away, and... →